"Community helping community is a really productive way to meet needs," says Jenny Vollen-Katz, executive director of the John Howard Association, the organization behind a new report on peer support ...
Traumatic and stressful events will always be a part of health care. According to the US Department of Veteran Affairs’ Stress First Aid Model for healthcare, stressors can sometimes lead to emotional ...
Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Daniel Larson was born into a multigenerational household where addiction was part of the DNA. It began with his ...
The breadth and depth of challenges faced by the fire service is significant. Among these struggles are cancer risks, budget constraints, vehicle maintenance, overtime costs and a laundry list of ...
For people experiencing addiction or mental illness, taking the first steps toward care can seem impossible. So, it can help ...
How peer-to-peer, community support programs can educate and empower patients to become more adherent to treatments, which will improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. OBJECTIVES: To identify ...
This essay includes quotes from You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health―With Advice from Experts and Wisdom From Real People and Families by Ken Duckworth MD (Zando, September ...
This week, Mad in America examines three articles around peer support in mental healthcare settings, including the creation ...
Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...
Most Kentuckians don’t know what a peer support specialist is — and, as HB 505 has made painfully clear, neither did the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Kimberley Moser. That misunderstanding has now pushed ...